[Picture: Harry How] The PGA Tour’s 2026 season will begin without its traditional Maui backdrop. On Tuesday the tour announced that The Sentry, its season-opening tournament and one of its nine $US20 million signature events, will not take place at Kapalua’s Plantation Course in early January as originally scheduled. The decision follows mounting challenges at Read more…
[Picture: Courtesy of Dave Sansom]One of the PGA Tour’s most recognisable courses is closing for two months. And it could have a major impact on the first tour event of 2026. OTHER NEWS: Australian Open winner to add Masters invitation to Open Championship start Kapalua’s Plantation Course, which has hosted the PGA Tour’s opening event Read more…
With so much palpable hurt and struggle, it’s fair to ask why a professional golf tournament is being played just minutes away in Kapalua. But to those here, the answer is simple.
Starting today (Wednesday in Hawaii), Kapalua’s Bay course is offering tee-times, with the more famous Plantation course set to re-open in mid-October.
Twenty weeks is not a long time in professional golf. That’s how long it is until the PGA Tour returns to Maui’s picturesque Plantation course for the 2024 Sentry (formerly known as the Tournament of Champions) in Hawaii.
The 606-metre par-5 18th at Kapalua is the longest closing hole on any Golf Digest American-ranked course, but it’s still reachable in two, given its elevation drop and prevailing trade winds behind.
Australian Golf Digest
